Antelope Island State Park

The space was nice and the park is very cool. Was worth visiting and checking out. We landed up being there during a heat wave and it was very hot there. It appears they are building a new area which will be full hook ups and seems nice. That said we had read reviews about the bugs and boy there were not kidding. Thousands of them and were all over. Because of the bugs there is no way my wife is willing to go again otherwise I though it was cool. We have att and had very limited cell.

This island is surrounded by the Great Salt Lake and is completely devoid of any development which gives it a very unique feeling. There are 2 RV campgrounds and 1 tent campground. They are building a full hookup site to be completed who-knows-when. We stayed at White Rock Campground which consists of only 8 sites (2 for equestrians) and really spaced apart. Fairly level. Vault toilets, Ramada with picnic table and fire pit. Lots of buffaloes and pronghorn antelope, the latter elusive. Plus the island is known for various bird sanctuaries. Lots of trails with stunning views plus a walk down to the lake itself. We didn’t have any bug problems (although this is the season for no-see ums) but we didn’t see um.😁

Not a very pleasant campground. Bugs so bad you can’t go outside. Maybe the time of year witch is April 30. Paid for what the entrance gate said was the premium Sites but I think they have there priorities mixed up. The way I have to park Can’t run my generator or it will blow in my neighbors door. Called the front gate to see if we could move but was rudely told take it or leave it. Or pay 180.00 dollars for a group site. Not happy with this campground but have no choice as am heading back home to Alaska and must get a COVID test to cross Canadian border. Must give a 3 day in advance appointment for the test. Won’t come back this way next year.

Basically ditto on all the other 5* reviews. They definitely are building a second set of sites with hookups, and the dozers started at 8 am complete with back up beeping... but even so well worth one night. Love how spaced out the sites are. No bugs when I was here. I arrived about 5:30 and they had two sites left I reserved, though more were actually open. The main thing for me was the great views. Lots of walking trails all around. Saw Buffalo and Pronghorns on my drive around. Very peaceful at night. I had 1-2 bars of Verizon the whole time and it was easy to sit in on a virtual conference I needed to attend for work in the morning but I wouldn’t have wanted to be running the meeting. Unique experience.

Headed up to Salt Lake City and on to Antelope Island State Park. Took I-15 most the way and I think it would have been a spectacular ride with the Wasatch mountains so close to road and hugging Salt Lake City itself, but the 9k ft to 11k ft peeks were being obscured by very low clouds and rain..but it was pretty cool nonetheless. Got to the causeway to enter the north end of the island and its a very straight, flat 7 mile shot. Nice ride with great views. The island itself has a very long and interesting history...if you come here, be sure to read up on it. But in summary is its got the oldest rocks in the US, oldest homestead in Utah, a historic ranch, was occupied by some of the earliest humans, home to one of the oldest and the largest Buffalo 🐃 heard in the United States (700), has antelopes, big horn sheep, bobcats, coyotes, 100s of bird species, mountain over 6,000 ft and many fresh water springs? Need more? Oh yeah, it's absolutely beautiful. Was very close to becoming a National Park, but ironically the actual Lake itself worked against it. At the time it was polluted and many politicians thought the lake wasn't good for anything but mining minerals from it. Anyway, staying at Bridger Bay campground, site 2, closest to the shore....which isn't that close (the lake level wildly fluctuats). Nice site, flat. Covered Picnic table, fire 🔥 ring and grill. No hookups. There is a separate tenting area and group campground. Showers and toilets 🚻 scattered in lots of places. Couple seasonal restaurants (not open now). Equestrian folks are welcome and they have sites to accommodate horses (didn't see them but read it somewhere). Tons of hiking trails, bike rentals and they also have a marina if you want to bring your boat (no fish in the lake, but I understand duck hunting in a big deal here). Dumpsters in multiple locations. They have a very clean looking dump station too. No potable water. Internet is painfully slow.. VZW and ATT 1 bar LTE. ATT pops up to 2 sometimes and is a little faster. If you have anything important to do online....get it done b4 you come here. No TV signal. Maybe higher the spots are better. Campground is set up nice and spots are spread out. They are currently building another campground above this one. I saw them laying conduit or pipe in the ground, so maybe it will have full hookups when complete. 20 bucks for the night. Park is not busy at all. I was able to pretty much just park in the road and get pics of the mountains and Buffalo . They are all over the place! Saw a big pile of scat on the road in this campground...so they must graze on through here. Saw a ring neck pheasant too...but I was too slow with my camera. Lots to see and do here. No bugs at this time either, which people have said is a huge problem at times. With my crappy start today....with nothing working (everything works fine now BTW and I did absolutely nothing), I almost didn't come here, and that would have been the biggest mistake of all. Skip the gridlock of Moab and check this place out, you'll thank me later.

Camped in site #24 on a Sunday night in early April. We had been to this state park many times but we've never camped there. It was amazing. The sunset. The stars at night. A little cold in early April and overnight it got really windy. No hookups so we brought our external solar panels which was good because we needed to run our furnace at night. We love it. I'm looking forward to visiting again.
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Staying here during the winter wasn’t the most ideal time to visit, but there were no bug/fly problems and the bison still roamed all around the campsite! You either can go to the Ladyfinger campsite (walk-in/tent camping only) or Bridger Bay (vehicles/RV). Both have some hiking trails nearby. Vault toilets available at the sites and showers a few miles drive away, close to the visitors center. Overall very nice location, though you have to get here by 6pm. They only have the gate to the park open from 6am-6pm.

If you love beautiful views, wildlife right in your campsite and hiking, this is a must visit.
We stayed at Bridger Bay CG where every site has a beautiful view of the Great Salt Lake. Large spaces between sites, that are paved and level. In the mornings, bison would come right through our site.
The 20/night site fee incl the $15 park entrance fee, so it's really a great deal. There are no hookups, but dump station and portable water are provided at no charge.
Sites have concrete slap for patio, with shaded picnic table and fire ring.
Dark and quiet at night.

It would be better with full hookups, but other than that, it was a perfect dry camping experience. The state park is lovely and the Bridger Bay Campground is perfect for any size rig. Sites BB23 and BB25 are the best in my opinion, but all sites appear to have unobstructed views of the lake and sunset. I was only here for one night, but I had close encounters with bison, coyotes, antelope, jack rabbits and many types of birds. The road and campsites are all asphalt with awesome concrete patios with picnic table, fire pit and prep table all under a steel gazebo shade structure. Verizon 4G data is strong enough for streaming movies, etc. Drawbacks: expensive showers that are over a mile away from the campground ($1.75 for 6 minutes!) and an $8 "reservation fee".